A referendum to raise the state beef checkoff was voted down in Minnesota. Minnesota State Cattlemen’s Association executive director Kaitlyn Root says the proposed refundable 50-cent increase failed on a vote of 380 opposed and 377 in favor. “So obviously it was really close, but ultimately it did not pass.” The beef checkoff has been […]
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